California Earns ‘C’ Grade on Charter Schools

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Commentary Has it been 30 years? I remember in 1992 writing articles advocating charter schools for California. That year, state Sen. Gary Hart, a progressive Democrat, sponsored a bill establishing 100 charters. The teachers’ unions opposed it like a swarm of hornets going after a 10-year-old who poked their nest. It passed anyway because parents demanded reforms. Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican, signed it into law. It was the second charter law in the country, after Minnesota’s, which allowed only eight charters. Despite continued opposition from the unions, charters have grown and grown. According to the California Department of Education, “As of the beginning of the 2021–22 school year, more than 1,300 charter schools and seven all-charter districts are operating in California.”...

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